Excitement is building for the St Augustine's second Biennial iHeartArt exhibition being held across two days, Friday September 12 and Saturday September 13.
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Opening on Friday evening with a Gala Cocktail Party and Auction, the exhibition will include almost 400 catalogued works of 60 artists from right across Australia.
"The number of artists exhibiting has almost doubled from our first exhibition in 2012," iHeartArt team member Flic Ward said.
"Our 2014 exhibition has so much depth and really gives an opportunity for visitors from Narromine and across the region to enjoy a mammoth spectacle of art in all its mediums."
Names such as David Bromley, Jill Wilson (formerly of Narromine), Kyah Wilson (Dubbo), Nicola McCutcheon (Narromine), Lucy Watts (Dunedoo), Catherine Stewart (Beachworth), Jacinta Haycock (Dubbo) and emerging Sydney artist Laura Jones will be represented.
Unique sculptor Joe Vinks is looking forward to exhibiting his designs created from 'the ground up'.
Joe is renown for using fallen timber, branches and twigs to hand craft bespoke chairs, benches, stands, tables, stools and the like.
The iHeartArt team is excited to have a great representation of Indigenous works from Queensland artists lending a range of cultural insight and story telling to this year's exhibition.
Friday's gala cocktail opening will be a highlight of the weekend with tickets now on sale at Ruby Maine and St Augustine's Parish School at a cost of $25 per person.
"We'd like to remind people that the tickets to the opening are limited and do sell out quite quickly," exhibition coordinator Emily Gainsford said.
"The opening night allows guests the opportunity to purchase art works before the exhibition opens to the public on Saturday."
iHeartArt will continue on the Saturday with visitors asked for a gold coin entry fee to enjoy the full breadth of the exhibition.
A dynamic addition to 2014's exhibition weekend is Children's Art Workshops with local artist and teacher Catherine Stein.
Ms Stein comes to Narromine with the support of Western Plains Cultural Centre and is really looking forward to creating take home art with children of all ages.
"During our workshop children will create a simplified collograph using EVA foam," she said.
"The children will cut out shapes and attach it to a cardboard printing plate and then ink and print their collograph onto re-claimed paper, taking home their printing plate and art work when we wrap up."
There will be morning tea on Saturday and a jumping castle to entertain the little ones while you explore the full exhibition.
Full details of the iHeartArt can be found on the exhibition Facebook page. Search iheartartnarromine on Facebook. Like and share the page for a chance to win a gift voucher from Ruby Maine.